Improvement in eog-fens



e. GIFFORD. Feed Trough.

Patented Jan. 15, 1867.

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To ALL WHoM 1T MAY- ooNcERN:

Be it known that l, BURTON GIFFORD, of Pedee, in the county of Cedar, and State of Iowa, have' invented a new and improved Hog-Pen; and I do hereby declare that the following is o. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in `which Figure is a top or plan view of my improved hog-pen.-

Figure 2 lis a vertical cross-section of the same, take-n through the line :z: x, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line y y, g. 2,

Figure 4 is a'detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line z z, tig. 2.

Similar letters of reference'indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved hog-pen, so constructed as to prevent the animals from wasting their food, and so as to promote their healthiness and vcleanlinessg'ant'l it consists in attaching the feeding-trough to the outside of the pen; in the combination of ahinged cover, chains, or cords, and a slidingboard, with the trough and perforated side ofthe pen; inv forming a portion of the bottom or floor of the pen of slats, and in the combination ol a movable box with said slattedbottom or door, the' whole being v constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the sides, and vB is the door of the pen. The floor B is divided into three compartments, b?, b, and

b, by the low partitions G. The compartment b, in which the hogs stand while eating, and in which they walk and the compartment b theirlth; The bottom -of the compartment()a is slotted or formed of slats, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 4, so that the filth may drop through it into the box D, placed 'beneath the slotted part of the g,

floor to receive said filth. The box D may be made in the form of` a. drawer, sliding in and out in grooves,

as shown in iig. 2, or it may be made removable in vany other convenient manner, according to the situation of the pen. E is the feeding-trough, which is attached to the forward side of the pen, just above the plane of the door, as shown in iig. 4. F are openings, formed through the side of the pen, and leading into the trough E, through which the animals take their food. Some of these openings are made smaller than the others, so

that the larger and stronger animals may not be able to eat the food of the smaller and weaker ones. G is the cover of the trough, which is hinged to the inner edge of said trough, or to' the side of the pen.' Hare chains or cords, the ends of which are attached to the hinged`cover G,'which pass thence over frictionfpulleys I, pivoted near theupper edge of the pen, and the other ends of which are attached to the board J, which slides up and down along the inner side'oi` the front side of the pen, as shown in figs. 2 and il, and is keptin proper position by guide-slats K attached to said side. The chains or cords H are made of such a length that when the cover G is raised to put in the food the board J will he lowered so as to cover the openings F, and keep the hogs away from the `trough until the food has been properly7 placed therein land when the cover G is'shut down the board J will be raised, uncovering the openings F, and giving the hogs access to their food.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is' 1. Attaching the trough to-the outsideof the pen, "ith graduated openings leading intoit from lthe inside of said pen, substantially as herein shown and described. 2. The combination of the hinged cover G, chains or cords H, and sliding-board J, withthev trough E,

and with theperforated side of the pen, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. Forming a portion of' the bottom or door B ofthe pen of slats, or with slots, substantially as'herein shown and described, and for the purpose set fprth.

4. The combination of`a removable box D with the slottedV portion 'of the door B, substantially sa herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

Wx. R. KELLY, Ass Gnse.

BURTON GIFFORD.' 

